“How many [i]overall[/i] participants will there be?” Brent asked.

“There will be twelve starting participants for each division.” Mark said smoothly, his eyes again moving to the camera. “The tournament will be bracketed with six matches to begin, each subsequent round seeing more of the competition eliminated until finally only two remain.”

“And those two will then need to give it their all to win and become the first ever champion of their division!” Brent excitedly added.

“Yes.” Mark smiled and nodded.

“How will the bracketing be done?” Brent asked quickly.

“By the voting total.”

“Ah… how do you mean, Mister Trenton?”

“The top twelve picks from each division will have a spot in the tournament. And the initial pairings will be done like this; number one against number twelve, number two against number eleven, number three against number ten…”

“I see,” Brent interjected with a nod, “like many professional sporting franchises during playoffs. To… [i]weed out[/i] the lower ranked teams early on so [i]ideally[/i] the better teams will be matched up for the climax of the playoffs.

What exactly was the reasoning for doing it like this, if I may ask.”

Mark shifted in his seat as he answered, “Well, aside from the reason you just stated, management was also having a difficult time deciding on who to fairly match against who. We were also worried that it could cause fans of certain wrestlers to feel… ‘duped’. Or lead to suspicion that we were attempting to ‘fix’ matches and navigate our own choice for champion to the finish.”

Fiona would immediately get a text from Kendra. [i]Jeez, are things really THIS contentious in the upper office?[/i] followed by a skull emoji.